To: reformedliberal
I'm going to disagree with you based simply on the point, if gain is no longer a concern, why remain fully invested? If you're 75, and have more than enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life and you have such altruistic intentions, why not just give your money to your chosen pet projects, or set up a foundation and manage it yourself?
No, never doubt for a second that Soros is in it for the buck, euro, or pound sterling. The only score these guys keep is how much wealth they can cram into their money belts.
27 posted on
02/17/2007 6:34:28 AM PST by
cincinnati65
(Lucky participant in 189 different Nigerian business deals......still waiting on payment.)
To: cincinnati65
It takes a great deal of money to run the world, but it is the running of the world that is the most important.
Also, the net effects of the various currency deals is not the gain, it is the impact upon the countries in question.
The name of the game is control. Money is the tool of control. Soros doesn't work alone. He is joined by other extremely wealthy people, some, like Maurice Strong, are known. Others are not and they will go to extreme lengths to remain unknown. However, without the influx of vast amounts of cash, the agenda is subject to too many variables.
No one who was in it only for the money would continue after amassing multi-billions. Even the third and fourth generation inheritors need the illusions of purpose and continuing safety and they achieve this by participating in the machinations of control. Soros *made* his own money and his estimation of his own infallibility would never allow himself to quit. He will ensure that the agenda survives him, through his biological children and his ideological heirs.
There are many types of *gain*. Once one has the financial aspect covered, there are vast areas of control to conquer.
32 posted on
02/17/2007 7:07:34 AM PST by
reformedliberal
("Eliminate the mullahs and Islam shall disappear in fifty years." Ayatollah Khomeini)
To: cincinnati65
The only score these guys keep is how much wealth they can cram into their money belts. Einstein's theory says that energy and matter are interchangeable, and nukes demonstrate the power you can harness if you can control that process.
Soros demonstrates that power and money are interchangeable. If you have power, you can get money, and vice versa. This works on small scales as well. If you have money, you can buy the power to have someone clean your house, or of you have the power to clean a house you can get money.
Whether you measure Soros' motivation to acquire dollars, or power, it's the same thing. Soros has merely mastered the ability to interchange power and money on a much larger scale than almost anyone.
35 posted on
02/17/2007 9:15:05 AM PST by
narby
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